Elements of Fiction
Academic Vocabulary
Key Vocabulary
Vocabulary
Antonyms
100

Plot

What happens in the story that the characters experience?

100

adaptation

What is a feature that helps animals survive?

100

advantage

What is to have a better chance to succeed than others?

100

structure

What is how parts are arranged or organized?

100

seen

What is the opposite of camouflage?

200

Climax

What is the turning point in a story called?

200

decide

Which word means to make a choice?

200

camouflage

What is a color or a pattern that helps animals or people hide?

200

predator

What is an animal that eats other animals?

200

predator

What is the opposite of prey?

300

Rising Action

What are complications that occur that the characters must solve?

300

characterization

What is the way that writers show their characters?

300

disguise

What word means to try and look differently from what you normally look like?

300

spiffy

What word means nice or pretty?

300

disadvantage

What is the opposite of advantage?

400

Conflict

What is the problem in a story?

400

relate

What is a word that shows how characters or ideas are connected?

400

survive

What do animals need to stay alive?

400

tough

What is another word for mean?

400

safety

What is the opposite of a threat?

500

Element

What is one partr of a whole?

500

fiction

What is a story that is not based on facts?

500

threat

What is a danger?

500

prey

What is an animal that is eaten by others?

500

prey

What is the opposite of predator?

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